Film Review: Vacation
The Vacation reboot has an OK amount of laughs, but it’s all pretty stupid and kind of predictable along the way.
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Film Review: Southpaw
Southpaw gets a couple of things right around a solid Jake Gyllenhaal performance, but its misery porn laden mess of a script sinks most everything going for it.
Read more "Film Review: Southpaw"Dissecting Ant-Man
Lauren: As someone who strongly questioned why Ant-Man deserved his own movie as a seemingly “bottom of the barrel” superhero, I can now say I’m glad Marvel felt much differently than I did. Turns out this little guy comfortably swimming outside the mainstream can pack quite a big punch.
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Irrational Man is Woody Allen finding a nice middle ground between his comedy and crime genres to pretty good results.
Read more "Film Review: Irrational Man"Film Review: Paper Towns
Like the idea of Margo Roth Spiegelman, the idea of Paper Towns is much better than the thing itself.
Read more "Film Review: Paper Towns"Is Inside Out Receiving Too Much Praise?
Inside Out has received overwhelming praise, but how does the film stack up against the best Pixar films? Grant and Zac discuss.
Read more "Is Inside Out Receiving Too Much Praise?"Movie Prep: Paper Towns by John Green
Similar to my experience with The Fault in Our Stars, it took a trailer for an upcoming movie adaptation to finally get me interested in reading the obnoxiously popular books of John Green. Also similar to The Fault in Our Stars: I find myself outside the fandom once the pages are done turning.
Read more "Movie Prep: Paper Towns by John Green"Film Review: Trainwreck
When deciding between the Trainwreck and Ant-Man screenings this week the choice was easy seeing as Amy Schumer should easily destroy a man who shrinks in size when he gets action. Yet, as funny as it is, Trainwreck isn’t quite the sure thing I expected it to be.
Read more "Film Review: Trainwreck"Film Review: Tangerine
Tangerine is full of energy and is able to propel itself past the fact that one of its leads is borderline insufferable for the majority of the runtime.
Read more "Film Review: Tangerine"Film Review: Magic Mike XXL
Magic Mike XXL might be a perfect sequel; keeping what worked best, ramping up what people want most, and reworking a few little things to make it all just right.
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Having Said That... 